From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Jan 21 14:54:23 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from peorth.iteration.net (peorth.iteration.net [208.190.180.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADEBB37B401; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 14:54:06 -0800 (PST) Received: by peorth.iteration.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 5302F575AA; Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:54:22 -0600 (CST) Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2001 16:54:22 -0600 From: "Michael C . Wu" To: Kris Kennaway Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VCD (was Re: cvs commit: src/sys/dev/ata atapi-cd.c) Message-ID: <20010121165422.A44505@peorth.iteration.net> Reply-To: "Michael C . Wu" Mail-Followup-To: "Michael C . Wu" , Kris Kennaway , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200101211447.f0LElEk04073@mobile.wemm.org> <20010121145018.A73989@citusc17.usc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010121145018.A73989@citusc17.usc.edu>; from kris@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:50:18PM -0800 X-PGP-Fingerprint: 5025 F691 F943 8128 48A8 5025 77CE 29C5 8FA1 2E20 X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x8FA12E20 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 02:50:18PM -0800, Kris Kennaway scribbled: | On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:36:52PM -0000, Jason Halbert wrote: | > Err.. In what way is PAL better then NTSC? NTSC may have about 100 | > lines less to scan, but it refreshes 10Hz faster then PAL. I used to | > work in a facility that had a lot of PAL dubbing... if I watched the | > PAL monitors for too long I would get a headache. You can actually | > watch PAL flicker. | | I've never noticed the refresh rate, but the quality of picture is | *noticeably* higher for PAL. I've had two US friends express | unprompted amazement at seeing the resolution and picture quality of | stuff taped from australian TV, for example (on my large, multi-system | TV ;-). I ask the same questions about why Americans not using GSM but PCS cell phones. (FYI, the reason for using PCS in the U.S. was a pure political reason, none other than America wanting to "lead" the industry. :) ) But since the rest of the world uses SI units and GSM phones, there is not much "leading" there. /me dons the Anti-American-Flame asbestos suit Note to NORAD: Please do not fire the ICBM's with U.S.A. markings at my apartment. I do not have much use for them nowadays. -- +------------------------------------------------------------------+ | keichii@peorth.iteration.net | keichii@bsdconspiracy.net | | http://peorth.iteration.net/~keichii | Yes, BSD is a conspiracy. | +------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message